Huston Street of the Angels is not the hardest-throwing closer in baseball. But on Wednesday night, he became just the 27th player in history to notch at least 300 saves when he pitched a scoreless ninth inning in the Angels’ 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins before 40,239 at Angel Stadium.

The bad news was, third baseman David Freese sustained a fractured index finger on his right hand after getting hit in the right hand by Mike Pelfrey in the fourth inning. Manager Mike Scioscia said Freese will likely go on the disabled list, and Freese seemed certain of it afterward.

Street, still just 31, is now tied for 25th place all-time with Bruce Sutter and Jason Isringhausen.

“We have some guys on our club that are reaching some special milestones,” Scioscia said. “Every time Albert (Pujols) does something, every time Mike (Trout) does something compared to guys who have been in the league just a couple of years … and now Huston getting his 300th save, it puts him in an elite group.”

Street brought his two young sons into an interview room to speak with reporters instead of doing so in the clubhouse. When he took the dais, he said, “The last guy to do this won an NBA championship,” in reference to Golden State’s Steph Curry bringing his daughter to post-game news conferences.

Street got some laughs, then talked about what the milestone meant to him.

“I think more than anything, what I appreciate about it is you know all the work you put in, but you also know how many good teammates you’ve played with — I’ve pitched in a bunch of great bullpens,” said Street, who came to the Angels in 2014 from the San Diego Padres and also has been with Colorado and Oakland.

“There are eight innings of baseball that have to be played, of winning baseball, before I even take the mound.

“And I’ve always just approached my job as I’m just one guy trying to make one pitch at a time. And I’m going to continue to do that. I think this number, it’s motivating for me.”

Former Angel Torii Hunter praised Street, who induced Hunter to fly out to right for the first out of the ninth inning.

“I faced him way back when he won Rookie of the Year (in 2005),” Hunter said. “And he was nasty then.”

Eleven years into his major-league career, Street heats it up to about 90-91 mph most nights. But he really serves up some tricky stuff.

As stoked as Street was, Freese was that bummed out.

“It’s terrible any time you get hurt,” he said. “I’m built to be on the field, I want to be on the field. So when I’m not out there, it’s frustrating. But like I said, put a smile on my face, cheer on the boys and keep winning some ballgames.”

Freese said he initially thought it was his thumb that was fractured.

The Angels banged out 12 hits. Johnny Giavotella and Kole Calhoun had three apiece and Chris Iannetta two. Calhoun drove in two, and Pujols and Iannetta one apiece. Iannetta hit his seventh home run of the season, his fourth in his past eight games.

The first-place Angels (54-40) have won seven in a row and 13 of 15. They retained their two-game lead over Houston in the AL West. The Twins have lost four straight and fell 7 1/2 games behind Kansas City in the AL Central.

C.J. Wilson (8-7) picked up the victory. But he threw just five innings, making 105 pitches. He had 1-2-3 innings in the first and second, but pitched in trouble thereafter. He allowed two runs on six hits, struck out five and walked two. He left with a 4-2 lead.

Mike Pelfrey (5-7) took the loss. The 6-foot-7 right-hander allowed four runs — two earned — on nine hits. He struck out one and walked one.

The Angels led 1-0 on Iannetta’s second-inning home run, fell behind 2-1 when the Twins scored twice in the top of the third, but pull ahead for good with two runs in the bottom of the inning.

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